Pickle!
The Knight family has yet another tradition
(I know, the mind reels at this possibility!)
Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you: "the pickle search"
On Christmas morning no one is allowed to enter the living room area (where the tree is located) until everyone is awake. When everyone is roused and accounted for, we line up at the end of the hallway and the word is given for all of us to race down the hallway and converge on the Christmas tree in search of the Christmas pickle. Some of you may be thinking that there are many things you would rather eat for breakfast, but please allow me to explain. Our haste to find the Christmas pickle which is nestled safely in the branches of the glowing fir tree is not an indication of animalistic hunger, but a competition to begin the Christmas morning festivities. You see, the person who finds the precious pickle first is the first to open a Christmas gift and consequently will do the honor of hiding the pickle on the next years tree. It always amazes me that a simple tiny glass ornament can evoke such excitement! The great news is: this year the pickle was found by ME! Woo-hoo!
Bring on the presents!
1 comment:
Can I just say how much fun it is for me to read about our family tradition and pick up on the fact that someone else enjoys them as much as me!!! That makes me smile! I also love that you have blogged about who found the pickle this past year, so that if our memory fails us at Christmas as to who "holds" the honor of hiding the pickle, we can just look back...now if we can remember where it was documented!!! Ha.
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